India, April 10 -- The Kurar police on Thursday arrested a man identified as Mohammad Islam Khan for allegedly travelling to Kuwait multiple times under a forged passport and conducting illicit transactions, including the transfer of funds via the hawala route, officials aware of the matter told Hindustan Times.

The accused has been booked under relevant sections of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, the Passports Act, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and assets worth Rs.14.23 lakh have been seized from his two residences in the Pathanwadi area, police said.

According to the first information report (FIR) registered on Wednesday, the complainant, who serves with the anti-terrorism cell attac...